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Army Medical Service Corps celebrates 99 years of service
July 15, 2016 — The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, orAMEDDC&S, Medical Service Corps, or MSC, celebrated 99 years of servicewith a cake cutting ceremony June 30 at the U.S. Army Medical Department... MORE

(From left) Retired Col. Greg Griffin, 2nd Lt. Hannah Martinez, and Lt. Col. Marion Jefferson cut the ceremonial cake at June 30 at the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum at Fort Sam Houston., celebrating 99 years of the Medial Service Corps.

Human trafficking increases worldwide
July 6, 2016 — Trafficking in persons is one of the fastest growingcriminal industries in the world.It is estimated that 20.9 million people are victims of humantrafficking. Fifty-five percent of victims are females... MORE

BAMC one of several hospitals participating in emergency airway study
July 6, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center is one of more than 25 hospitalsfrom five countries to participate in the National Emergency Airway Registry,or NEAR.NEAR is a multi-center, prospective emergency... MORE

Lactation support group available for new moms
June 30, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center will hold the first lactationsupport group from noon to 3 p.m. July 8. Robyn Roche-Paull, the author of “Breast Feeding in CombatBoots” will speak. The BAMC Pediatric Clinic... MORE

Lactation consultant Carolyn Lowe (left) talks with Bridget Owens about breastfeeding her baby, 16-month-old James Owens, during an appointment June 24 at Brooke Army Medical Center.

‘Earn your cake!’… and eat it too Fort Sam Houston celebrates Army Birthday
June 17, 2016 — The morning was dark and the birds still quiet in the treesas more than 2,000 Soldiers filed onto a parade field at Fort Sam Houston toprove a point: in the Army, you can eat cake … but you have to... MORE

Navy Medicine Training Support Center holds change of command
June 17, 2016 — The Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, held achange of command ceremony at the Medical Education and Training Campus, orMETC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Friday.During the... MORE

Capt. Brent M. Kelln (right) relieves Capt. Denise L. Smith (left) from command of Navy Medicine Training Support Center as the officiating officer, Rear Adm. Rebecca J. McCormick-Boyle (center), commander of Navy Medicine Education and Training Command, looks on. Kelln relieved Smith during a change of command ceremony at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Friday.

Navy Medicine Training Support Center commemorates Battle of Midway
June 17, 2016 — Staff and students from the Navy Medicine Training SupportCenter gathered outside the Anderson Hall hospital corpsman schoolhouse onJoint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 7 for a ceremony to... MORE

Sailors from Navy Medicine Training Support Center post as “side boys” at a ceremony to commemorate the Battle of Midway June 7
outside of Anderson Hall on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. “Side boys” are a part of the quarterdeck ceremonies when an
important person or officer comes on board or leaves a ship.

BAMC marks tobacco-free milestone with butt-can smash
June 17, 2016 — Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston marked atobacco-free milestone with a sledgehammer-wielding butt-can smash and removalof the last standing smoke shack June 1. “We are proud to say that,... MORE

Sgt. Robert Puente, radiology specialist at the San Antonio Military Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, helps kick the tobacco habit June 1 to signify Brooke Army Medical
Center's final step toward becoming a tobacco-free campus with a sledgehammer weilding butt-can-smashing removal of the last standing smoke shack.

New software trains Soldiers to respond to foreign disasters
May 25, 2016 — The U.S. Army and a unit of the U.S. Agency forInternational Development created a new video game to train Soldiers how torespond to foreign natural disasters.Earlier this year, Maj. Gen. Mark O’Neil,... MORE

Commentary: that gold star doesn't represent a person's rank
May 25, 2016 — At the Fort Sam Houston gas station I saw a vehicle with ayoung girl driving to fill up at the pump next to me. I noticed a small flag in the window with two blue stars onit, and assumed that the... MORE

A gold star flag hangs in a window,
indicating a family member from that home died in service to the nation.

BAMC Auxiliary provides needed items to support BAMC’s mission
May 25, 2016 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Auxiliary held its annualwelfare recognition ceremony May 13 in the San Antonio Military Medical Centerauditorium.“The welfare committee is responsible for issuing... MORE

NewmanCourtney Boyer (center), vice president of the BAMC Auxiliary, and Rachel Iffrig (right), golf tournament chair, present Inge Godfrey (left), BAMC Fisher House manager, a check for $56,000 at the BAMC Welfare Recognition Ceremony May 13. The funds were raised from the annual Fisher House Charity Golf Tournament held April 11 at the Dominion Golf Club.

Plan ahead on how to escape your house during a fire
May 18, 2016 — It’s the middle of the night. You and your family are soundasleep when suddenly the smoke alarms in your house go off. It’s dark and thehouse is filling quickly with smoke. You cannot see your hand in... MORE

Air Force Sports encourages Airmen to particpate in programs year-round
May 2, 2016 — All-Air Force Men’s Soccer trials and camp is currently taking place at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland until May 6, but Airmen have the opportunity to compete in 14 other Air Force Sports year-round... MORE

JBSA attends Earth Day Texas 2016
April 29, 2016 — Representatives from Joint Base San Antonio joined environmentalorganizations, academic institutions and businesses on the list of exhibitors atEarth Day Texas 2016 in Dallas April 22-24. Earth Day... MORE

From left: Amber Lamm, JBSA community planner, Bryan Hummel, JBSA pollution prevention manager and aquifer recharge specialist, Lt. Col. Emil Bliss, 12th Flying Training Wing Community Initiatives director, Meg Reyes, director of JBSA installation encroachment and compatible development, and Monte Cox, a contracted community planning liaison. The group presented as one of the exhibitors at Earth Day Texas, an annual event supporting environmental conservation and education in Texas.

Portrait of 15th Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps unveiled
April 29, 2016 — Theunveiling of a portrait of retired Maj. Gen. Kimberly Ann Siniscalchi tookplace at an unlikely, but fitting venue, as the event was held at the Air ForceNursing Practice Oversight Course held at a... MORE

Retired Maj. Gen. Kimberly Ann Siniscalchi, 15th Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Refill Pharmacy to close for repairs
April 25, 2016 — The refill side of the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort SamHouston Community/Refill Pharmacy, building 2401, near the Exchange, will beclosed soon for repairs. Urgent repairs are required to the flooring,... MORE

Security Forces airmen go ‘above and beyond’ to ‘serve and protect’
March 16, 2016 — Security Forces personnel “serve and protect” those who liveand work throughout Joint Base San Antonio, but some Airmen have recently takenthe meaning of those words beyond the gates of JBSA-Fort Sam... MORE

JBSA 502d Security Forces Squadron personnel (From left to right) Officer Christopher L. Barker Jr., Security Assistant, Senior Airman Adrienne Barriere, Senior Airman S. Elizabeth Aguilar, Airman 1st Class Sean M. Jenkins, Airman 1st Class Quytin Lewis

Pet therapy provides stress relief for Corpsmen students
March 4, 2016 — The Navy chaplain at Navy Medicine Training Support Centerat Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is in the business of speaking tostudents under stress. After having enough young adults come... MORE

Seaman Jeniffer Rodriguez, a student in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, pets Lady, one of the Navy Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Scott Adams’ certified therapy dogs, during “Pet Therapy” night at the Navy student barracks.

National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program recognizes SAMMC
March 4, 2016 — San Antonio Military Medical Center at Joint Base SanAntonio-Fort Sam Houston was recently recognized by the National Safe SleepHospital Certification Program as a “Silver Certified Sleep Leader,” for... MORE

Army North commander talks ‘Military City USA’ to SA Chamber of Commerce
March 3, 2016 — Lt. Gen. Perry L. Wiggins, commander of United States ArmyNorth (Fifth Army) and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis,addressed the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Feb. 24 at Sunset... MORE